Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3 -v4] x86_64 EFI runtime service support: EFI basic runtime service support | From | "Huang, Ying" <> | Date | Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:14:33 +0800 |
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On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 13:36 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Eric W. Biederman wrote: > >>> > >> Ying claimed that GOP requires EFI runtime services. Is that not true? > > > > None of the EFI framebuffer patches that I saw used EFI runtime services. > > > > Ying, could you please clarify this situation? > > (Eric: do note that there are two EFI framebuffer standard, UGA and GOP. > Apparently UGA is obsolete and we have always been at war with GOP at > the moment.)
EFI framebuffer doesn't depend on EFI runtime service. It only depends on kernel boot parameters (screen_info).
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